Crop insurance program expands ,
HARRISBURG - Three
new counties have been
added to the Crop Insurance
program in Pennsylvania.
Several different rates of
coverage also are available.
In addition, the entire Crop
Insurance program may
undergo some dramatic
changes in the near future.
Farmers m Berks, Nor
thumberland, and Crawford
counties now are eligible for
coverage of several spring
planted crops.
Berks County is the only
county in the state which will
offer coverage for soybean
growers in 1980. But that
may soon change.
SEELEY
FARM DISPERSAL
Located just at south edge of Boro of Westfield
Tioga Co., PA
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
ll:OOA.M.
Farm Equipment at 11:00
Cattle at 12:30
74 Good Holsteins
(52 Cows, 21 heifers, 1 stock bull)
and a good place to select replacements!!
3 Tractors
2 JD 3020 D, fully equipped in very nice condition with
front end loader and “A” plus good overhauled IH
“M”, JD “336” new type, kicker baler, (only 2
seasons!) NH “475” haybme, JD rolabar rake, JD 18’
trans. drag, plows, blades, spreaders, wagons, etc.
GMC Cab/over truck with 14’ steel bed (a good one!)
MR. & MRS. CLAYTON SEELEY
Owners
For Information contact
Rumsey Sales, Bath, NY
607-776-3478
PUBLIC SALE
BLACKSMITH TOOLS, FORGE, ETC.
- ANTIQUES - GLASSWARE -
SALT & PEPPER COLLECTION -
AVON COLLECTION-OAK
FURNITURE - HOUSEHOLDS
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
At 9:00 A.M.
Located - Approx. 6 miles west of Route 183
and 4 miles east of 501 on Route 895, near
Village of Rock in Washington Twp., Schuylkill
County, Pennsylvania.
BLACKSMITH TOOLS ETC. - (Forge and wheel
shrinker Champion Blower Forge Co., Lancaster,
Pa.), vices, large anvil, horseshoes, full line of
blacksmith tools, 3 prong iron forks, ladels scrap
metal.
ANTIQUES Fancy ornate oak sideboard, oak
dressers, oak washstands, ornate oak bed, oak clothes
trees, oak pressed back child’s rocker, oak rocker,
child’s roll top desk and chair, sq. oak ext. table,
hoosier cabmet, blanket chest dove tail, kerosene
lamps, crocks and jugs, redware crock, sadirons,
brass face scales, old cookie cutters, kerosene heater,
popcorn popper, dated veg. cutter, old trunk, food
grinders, buffet, piano stool, cast iron pans, metal toys,
3 prong forks, library table, old baskets. Vapo-
Cresolene (old lamp vaporizer w/box), child’s books,
homemade soap.
GLASSWARE AND COLLECTIBLES - Shirley Tem
ple bowls, depression glass, pressed glass, ironstone
dishes and platters, colbolt, shot glasses, sterling salt
and pepper, approx. 75 to 100 pairs salt and pepper col
lection, Avon collection some presidential, 12 place set
ting 18Kt. dishes, erector set, spoon holder, 2 chicken
on nest, child’s set of 4 cups and saucers.
HOUSEHOLDS, ETC. Coldspot Chester freezer,
pots, pans, dutch oven, blue jars, Kenner bass horn, set
of encyclopedias, hoes, forks, shovels, digging bars,
hand cultivator horse plow, comsheller, bolt cutter,
many other items too numerous to mention.
TERMS: Cash or app. check.
Owner reserves right to reject any or all bills
Not responsible for accidents. Lunch available
Sale ordered by
HATTIE BROWN
Jay Riegel Jr., Auctioneer
717-739-4718
changes several features
Johnnie Perdue, district
director for the 11
southeastern Pennsylvania
counties covered by ihe
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, said Tuesday
the FCIC plans to insure any
crop m any county where
1000 or more acres of the
crop are grown for com
mercial use.
The target date for full
implementation of the
program is 1985.
Another change will be
contracting with private
industry to do the insurance
sales. Perdue said FCIC
feels private firms have the
sales expertise to so a better
job of getting policies for
fanners.
The paperwork will be
administered by ASCS.
The move to assure in
surance for any major crop
produced in any county is
part of a government move
to do away with the 29
disaster programs currently
offered at various times to
farmers.
“It’s a move to insurance
rather than a give-away,”
Perdue said.
Variable coverages also
will be offered to farmers.
A farmer can insure his
crop for 50 percent, 65
percent, or 75 percent of its
expected total value.
While allowing reduced
premiums, the percentage
coverages also provide
coverage for only a portion
of the crop.
FCIC said it figures about
one out of every 12 acres
planted in the United States
never reaches harvest. It
may be lost to weather,
insects, disease, or other
disaster.
The insurance is available
MARYLAND
ANGUS SPRING
QUALITY SALE
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
7 P.M.
At the
Fairgrounds,
Frederick, Maryland.
COWS-CALVES
-HEIFERS
MD. 8.C.1.A.
TESTED BULLS
For catalogs Mrs.
Caryl Velisek, 1868
Rt 94, Woodbine,
Md 21797 Phone
301/489-4519
PUBLIC SALE
OF FARMING EQUIPMENT
FRIDAY, APRIL 18,1980
Located midway between Mt. Joy & Erisman’s
Mennonite Church, off the Manheim-Mt. Joy
Rd., along Brenneman Road, Rapho Twp., Lane.
Co., Pa. (Look for sale signs.)
Ford jubilee tractor with step-up/step-down, Ford
bumper & pulley, Ford tractor jack, Massey Hams #B2
combine, New Holland #27 blower w/50 ft. pipe, John
Deere #3B 2-row chopper for 38 in rows & 5 ft. pickup
head, New Holland #273 baler w/thrower, John Deere
#216 self-unloading wagon, 24 ft. bale elev w/motor,
Bnllion 12 ft. cultipacker, John Deere 3-sect, spring
harrow, spike harrow, 10 ft fertilizer drill, Smoker bin
wagon, Snowco #7OO auger bin w/runmng gear, John
Deere model-N manure spreader, tank wagon, land
roller, rotary hoe, 3 pt. blade, 2 single tobacco ladders
w/mnnmg gear, 3 Mmmck tobacco presses, Greider
tobacco press, sawbuck & blade, 2 sets tobacco hoers (1
for Cub & 1 for John Deere), V-snow plow, 2-sled snow
mobile trailer, 2 - 1 horse walking cultivators, pony
sulky, John Deere rear wheel weights, elec grass
seeder, steam jenny, #225 Lincoln welder, platform
scales, 36 in. barn fan, air grease gun, drill press,
bench grinder, cattle waterer, elec fencers, elec fence
posts, elec, motors w/te to 3 hp. chisel teeth, sprayer
pump, jacks, blasting mat approx. 12x12 -34 m steel,
tobacco shears, tobacco spears, Stauffer tobacco
planter, McCormick 28’ disc, 16 ft gram elevator with
motor, Sauder 6 ft snow blade, Grandy 10 ft fertilizer
seeder-spreader
Kitchen cabinet, 3 pc bedroom suite, 2 pc living
room suite, sewing machine cabinet, radio-record
player comb , qt jars, 2 end tables, maple chest of
drawers, and other items
Auctioneers:
Rufus Geib (665-4136)
Raymond Miller
only to owners of the insured
crops who may be in
dividuals, partnerships,
corporations, or other legal
entities.
A tenant and landlord may
apply for insurance in
dividually.
Producers are given in
surance contracts. But a
producer does not have to
reapply each year. The
insurance on each crop
remains in force until
canceled in writing either by
the farmer or FCIC
Both quahty and quantity
losses can be insured under
the program.
Perdue said there are a
number of advantages to the
USDA-sponsored insurance
programs beyond keeping a
farmer from bemg wiped
out.
For instance, having an
insurance policy increases
the farmers collateral value
smce he then can show his
banker that he will indeed
get some return from the
seed money he borrows.
Even if not in the form of
sales of crops, the farmer
can expect an indemnity
payment on his crops.
Because it is expanding its
programs, FCIC anticipates
having some sort of program
available in almost every
farm county in the country.
To allow administration to
keep up with the expanded
scope of the crop insurance
program, a new regional
office has been opened in
Harrisburg.
The office is at Suite 320,75
S. Houcks Road, Harrisburg,
17109. Phone number is
717/782-4803.
The office is located near
the Dauphin County Ag
Extension offices.—CH
At 11 A.M
Sale by:
ROBERT SHELLENBERGER
Lunch Stand
Uncaster Farming, Saturday, April 12,1980—D27
Quintuplet kids surprise
Port Royal family
The Hockenberry family, Port Royal, had a grand
surprise recently. A goat they bought last year as
the children's 4-H project presented them with
quintuplets, 3 does and 2 bucks. Shown with the
kids ai one day old are: Glenn and Edna
Hockenberry and Glenda, age 10 and Jason, 8.
The kids were named Cincin, Nannerl. Bumpkin,
Patch and Punch.
Wrightstown 4-H club
is Bucks volleyball champ
DOYLESTOWN -
Wnghtstown 4-H Club
captured the 1980 Bucks
County 4-H Volleyball
Championship in recent
tournament play at Central
Bucks West gym in
Doylestown.
Over 110 4-H members
participated m the contest.
Chris Belke, captain of the
Wnghtstown team, led the
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CONSIGNMENT SALE OF
FEEDER PIGS & FEEDER CATTLE
FRIDAY, APRIL 18,1980
6:30 P.M. Sharp
Held at Keister's Middleburg Auction Sales
Inc., Rt 522, 3 miles east of Middleburg, 5 miles
west of Selinsgrove, PA
Earlv consignments appreciated
Bring a load - buy a load
For Information Call
717 837 2222 - 717 524 5285 - 717 966 2856
Terms Cash Restaurant open
KEISTER’S MIDDLEBURG AUC-IDN SALES, INC.
Rt. 522, RD #3, Middleburg, PA
DON & WALT KEISTER
Owners
Auctioneers.
Ray Long & Dave Imes
team to a record of 7 wins
and 1 loss in the round-robin
tournament Ted Goll,
Newtown, was the team’s
adult advisor The winning
team received a plaque.
Three teams played to a
three-way tie for second
place with equal records of 6
wins and 2 losses. Tied were:
Unarm 4-H Club, Matt An
derson and Bill Worthington,
co-captains; Richboro 4-H
Club, Beth Shultz and Tom
Reynolds, co-captams; and
South Horse and Pony 4-H
Club, Kihan Brech, captain.
Other 4-H teams par
ticipating were:
Buckingham, Spnngtown,
Seeing E>e Pnppj, Hilltown,
and Ottsville
Operate and maintain
tractors according to
manufacturer recom
mendations